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On the recordAugust 10, 2009
This health care reform act is a vehicle not for health care. This is a vehicle to take us down to a path of total socialism and totalitarianism.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Senator Specter addresses concerns from constituents who fear the implications of health care reform.

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